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Opening reception and preview party crawl
Hunters Point Shipyard Artists Spring Open Studios
5/1/2009 6:00pm - 10:00pm
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May Day Market: Scrumptious Scraps and Fabulous Finds
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles presents: May Day Market: Scrumptious Scraps and Fabulous Finds Friday May 1, 10am-5pm and 8-11pm; Saturday, ... Continue
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Spring Art Glass Open Studios at Cohn-Stone
Friday-Sunday, May 1-3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Richmond The public has a rare opportunity to pick a lasting and affordable work of hand-made art glass in ... Continue
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Unhinged
5/1/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Mina Dresden Gallery
Opening Friday May 1st, 5-8pm Gallery hours – Saturday 2nd 5-8pm "First Thursday" 7th 5-8pm Friday 8th 5-8pm The works of six graduating students ... Continue
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Cal Jam Too
5/1/2009 - 5/24/2009 at Blankspace Gallery
opening reception: MAY 1st, 7-10pm with deejay Keith Boadwee Blankspace is proud to present another dynamic group show of emerging Bay Area artists ... Continue
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David Young V
Neighborhood Watch
5/1/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Café Royale
'Neighborhood Watch' is the second installment of an ongoing series by San Francisco based artist David Young V. Photos and information from the ... Continue
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Group show
You Wouldn't Know Contemporary Art if it Slapped You in the Face
5/1/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Hatch Gallery
new work by: ----- ROSS CAMPBELL MALIEA CROY SARINA EASTMAN STEPHEN KEY CAT LAUIGAN AMY MORRELL EMMA SPERTUS JEFF STRATFORD Contemporary art is not Continue
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Group show
I Am Kurious Orange
5/1/2009 - 5/31/2009 at David Cunningham Projects
I Am Kurious Orange Marc Arthur, Anne Colvin, Alex Hetherington, Karla Milosevich with source material by William Blake, Michael Clark Company, The ... Continue
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Aaron White
French New Wave
Artist’s reception: May 1, 2009 5:30 – 8:00pm Aftermodern Gallery is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with Cain Schulte Contemporary ... Continue
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re:con-figure
5/1/2009 - 6/27/2009 at Kala Art Institute and Gallery
Artists’ Reception 6-9 pm In the Kala Gallery, New Address: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 The inaugural exhibition in Kala’s ... Continue
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New Work from Kala
5/1/2009 - 8/15/2009 at Kala Art Institute and Gallery
MAY 1, FRIDAY, 2009 Artists’ Reception 6-9 pm In the Kala Gallery: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702 In addition to exhibitions in the ... Continue
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Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character
5/1/2009 - 8/23/2009 at Chinese Culture Center
In the hands of 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S., San Francisco’s Chinatown becomes a laboratory of diverse ideas about ... Continue
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9th Annual Benefit Art Sale
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Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina. + Ferment Change!
5/1/2009 7:00pm - 10:00pm at The Spare Room Project
Friday, May 1st, 7-10 pm. Skill share will be from 8-9pm. Land. Liberty. Sunshine. Stamina. A collaborative installation presented by The Greenhorns ... Continue
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Filmnight 1.0
5/1/2009 7:30pm at Swarm Gallery
Curated by SAMARA HALPERIN Featuring Work by MILLS COLLEGE students Swarm gallery is pleased to announce the first in a series of monthly screenings ... Continue
Ongoing events
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Emily Clawson
Navigating Fragments
4/2/2009 - 5/1/2009 at Café Royale
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Brett Amory, Nancy Chan
Spaces
4/3/2009 - 5/1/2009 at Hyde Street Gallery
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David Ruth, S. McGrath Ryan
A Rare Alchemy
3/2/2009 - 5/2/2009
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Gary Clemenceau, Scott Kiernan, Tobias Tovera
Clemenceau: Kiernan: Tovera
3/5/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Micaëla Gallery
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Kate Eric, Marina Vendrell Renaut
Flaming Furbelows
3/12/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Johansson Projects
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Mel Prest
Sky Black Ray
3/25/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Gregory Lind Gallery
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Kent and Kevin Young
Jury Breaks DNA Deadlock
3/27/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
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Baseera Khan
InSearches: Hindu Kush
3/28/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Stefan Kürten
Once In A Lifetime
3/28/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian
One For Every Day of the Year
3/28/2009 - 5/2/2009 at Jack Fischer Gallery
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Ted Lincoln
Complementary Compounds
4/2/2009 - 5/2/2009 at 111 Minna Gallery
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Peter Coffin
The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers: 2.8 Peter Coffin
4/7/2009 - 5/2/2009 at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Rie Kawakami
Living Cube
4/8/2009 - 5/2/2009 at The Lab
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Matt Kennedy
Nothing Ever Happens
4/8/2009 - 5/2/2009 at The Lab
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Michael Namkung
Points of Contact
4/8/2009 - 5/2/2009 at The Lab
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Taking Refuge: Buddhist Art from the Land of White Clouds
2/25/2009 - 5/3/2009 at Berkeley Art Museum
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Dana Harel
Kin
4/2/2009 - 5/3/2009 at Frey Norris Gallery
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Out of the Flat Files II & Bryson Gill Portraits
4/2/2009 - 5/3/2009 at Triple Base Gallery
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Benicia Artists' Open Studios 2009
4/24/2009 - 5/3/2009
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Ouroboros: The Art of the Round
4/4/2009 - 5/5/2009
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Draw Show
4/11/2009 - 5/7/2009 at The Shooting Gallery
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Caleb Neelon, Mike Shine
Waiting For Ararat
4/11/2009 - 5/7/2009 at White Walls
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Adam Flores
Winner Warz
4/11/2009 - 5/7/2009 at Gallery Three
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Bill Fontana
Spiraling Echoes
2/11/2009 - 5/8/2009 at San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
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Porous Walker
Me vs Me
4/4/2009 - 5/8/2009 at Receiver Gallery
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James Barsness
Dharma Bums
3/21/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Catharine Clark Gallery
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Marko Mäetamm
Media Room
3/21/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Catharine Clark Gallery
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Philip Knoll
Paradise Found
3/21/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Catharine Clark Gallery
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Jennybird Alcantara
Treacherous Gardens
3/31/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Varnish Fine Art
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Dark Americana
4/4/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
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Hannah Henry
Small Ruins
4/4/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Rowan Morrison Gallery
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Tom Huck
The Transformation of Brandy Baghead
4/4/2009 - 5/9/2009 at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
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Americana: Maryland
4/21/2009 - 5/9/2009 at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Group show
2008 SECA Art Award
2/12/2009 - 5/10/2009 at SFMOMA
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John Casey
Distant Cousins
4/3/2009 - 5/10/2009 at Swarm Gallery
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Don Porcella
Project Space
4/3/2009 - 5/10/2009 at Swarm Gallery
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Regime Change
4/3/2009 - 5/10/2009 at Swarm Gallery
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Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
4/18/2009 - 5/14/2009 at Michael Rosenthal Gallery
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Bruno Fazzolari
Cold Turkey
4/3/2009 - 5/15/2009 at Gallery 16
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Group show
I Want You To Want Me
4/4/2009 - 5/16/2009 at Marx & Zavattero
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Cameron Soren
Cameron Soren
4/17/2009 - 5/16/2009 at Jancar Jones Gallery
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Mario Garcia Torres
Je ne sais si c’en est la cause, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger, and Some Reference Materials / MATRIX 227
2/22/2009 - 5/17/2009 at Berkeley Art Museum
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Trimpin
Sheng High: A Sound Installation
3/26/2009 - 5/17/2009 at Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis
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Eli Geiser, Kelly Lynn Jones
Eli Geiser and Kelly Lynn Jones
4/17/2009 - 5/17/2009 at Park Life
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Tree Show V
4/18/2009 - 5/20/2009 at Giant Robot
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Panel Discussion: Theater in Revolutionary Times
4/16/2009 7:00pm - 5/21/2009 8:30pm at Contemporary Jewish Museum
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Maria Bonn
Perpetual Possibilities
3/28/2009 - 5/23/2009 at collectively GRASP
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Julie Blackmon
Domestic Vacations
4/2/2009 - 5/23/2009 at SF Camerawork
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Liu Gang, Wang Jianwei
Even in Arcadia
4/2/2009 - 5/23/2009 at SF Camerawork
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Sean McFarland
The 2009 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers
4/2/2009 - 5/23/2009 at SF Camerawork
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Frida Lives + Studio Man Ray
4/18/2009 - 5/23/2009 at Lincart
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The Secret of the Ninth Planet
4/24/2009 - 5/24/2009 at Photo Epicenter, Queen's Nails Projects
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Aisyah Ang
Aisyah Ang
3/7/2009 - 5/25/2009
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Peter Gronquist
Solo Show
4/17/2009 - 5/29/2009 at 1:AM Gallery
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Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 2
1/27/2009 - 5/30/2009 at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
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Desirée Holman
Reborn
4/17/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Silverman Gallery
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17 Reasons Why
4/24/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Mission 17
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Ulrike Palmbach
New Work
4/29/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
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Gabriel Klasmer
Parzoufot
4/29/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
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Griffin McPartland
Easy on the I's
4/30/2009 - 5/30/2009 at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
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William Kentridge
Five Themes
3/14/2009 - 5/31/2009 at SFMOMA
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Melissa Bolger
Praying On The Old Campground
4/1/2009 - 5/31/2009
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New Works/Old Story: 80 Artists at the Passover Table
2/27/2009 - 6/2/2009 at Contemporary Jewish Museum
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Group show
(un)Natural
2/21/2009 - 6/13/2009 at di Rosa
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Benjamin Brown, Jaime Guerrero, Travis Sandoval
3 in Glass
4/4/2009 - 6/13/2009 at Sculpturesite Gallery
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Lift Off: SJSU Graduate MFA Exhibition
4/10/2009 - 6/13/2009 at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
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Laura Paulini, Jill Sylvia
Allegories of Control
4/25/2009 - 6/13/2009 at Eleanor Harwood Gallery
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Susie Grant, Amanda Hughen, Katie Lewis
Proliferous Precisions
4/17/2009 - 6/17/2009
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Repetition
4/30/2009 - 6/17/2009 at Creativity Explored
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In Our Own Pictures and In Our Works
4/24/2009 - 6/19/2009
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It’s Not Us, It’s You
4/4/2009 - 6/20/2009 at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
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Headlands Graduate Fellows - Project Space
4/21/2009 - 6/21/2009 at Headlands Center for the Arts
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Paul Wonner
Paul Wonner
3/26/2009 - 6/26/2009 at Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis
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Kate Gilmore
(Night Moves)
4/4/2009 - 6/26/2009 at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
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Charles Beirwirth
Purrrrseus Exhibition / Gallery Walk
4/25/2009 - 7/1/2009 at Visual Aid
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Nick Cave
Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
3/28/2009 - 7/5/2009 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Through Future Eyes: The Endurance of Humanity
4/24/2009 - 7/5/2009 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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Martin Freeman
Ultra
3/4/2009 - 7/31/2009
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Tracy Perkins
25 Stories from the Central Valley
4/23/2009 - 8/23/2009 at Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis
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Galaxy: A Hundred or So Stars Visible to the Naked Eye
2/25/2009 - 8/30/2009 at Berkeley Art Museum
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Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949
4/23/2009 - 9/7/2009 at Contemporary Jewish Museum
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Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet
4/1/2009 - 9/27/2009 at Berkeley Art Museum
What’s new
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Group show
You Knew This Was Coming
9/17/2010 - 10/18/2010 at Park Life
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With Love from Mabel (ongoing tours of the SFADM) at SC13
9/5/2010 2:30pm - 3:00pm
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Beast
10/1/2010 - 10/23/2010 at Million Fishes Gallery
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Physics of Toys
9/18/2010 11:00am - 3:00pm at Exploratorium
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Anoka Faruqee
The Longest Day of the Year
9/7/2010 - 10/16/2010 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Marietta Hoferer
Drawings
9/7/2010 - 10/16/2010 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Scott Kildall, Victoria Scott
Gift Horse
9/18/2010 3:00pm - 5:00pm at San Jose Museum of Art
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Greg Lamarche, Aaron Noble
Materialism
9/11/2010 - 10/2/2010 at Guerrero Gallery
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